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CVE-2015-0491: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u81, 6u91, 7u76, and 8u40, and Java FX 2.2.76, allows remote…

CVE-2015-0491 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Oracle Javafx, along with 4 other products in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u81, 6u91, 7u76, and 8u40, and Java FX 2.2.76, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to 2D, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0459.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Oracle Javafx: 2.2.76
  • Oracle JDK: 1.5.0 update8; 1.6.0 update91; 1.7.0 update76; 1.8.0 update40
  • Oracle JRE: 1.5.0 update81; 1.6.0 update91; 1.7.0 update76; 1.8.0 update40
  • Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: 11.0 sp3
  • Opensuse: 13.2

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